Tangled Obsession
“I only need to understand you. And I see the weight you’re carrying. He can take money, he can take houses, but he cannot take the truth from your soul.”
My body trembled as though I had been struck. His words were a balm and a blade all at once.
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But the test wasn’t over.
Later, when I helped adjust his blanket, he whispered, “Promise me, Palmer. If something happens to me, you won’t give yourself away to repay debts that aren’t yours.”
I froze. His eyes bored into mine, searching, pleading.
I wanted to promise. I wanted to swear it on every star. But Arrow’s shadow loomed, his note burned in my bag, and my voice cracked on the silence.
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